Shoe polish dauber



P 1955 s. A. DELSENER 2,718,653

SHOE POLISH DAUBER Filed April 30, 1953 INVENTOR. SILV'IO A. DELSENER BYw 4M ATTORNEY United States Patent SHOE POLISH DAUBER Silvio A.Delsener, Astoria, N. Y.

Application April 30, 1953, Serial No. 352,077

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-231) This invention pertains to new and useful polishapplying devices. It is particularly concerned with a dauber of animproved type, and finds particular use in the application of polish toshoes.

The conventional shoe polish dauber includes a small brush of bristlesat the end of a handle. It is used either by rubbing the brush end inpaste polish or by applying a liquid polish to the brush and thenapplying the brush to the articles to be polished. A brush of this type,it is clear, has its short-comings. For one thing, a different brush isrequired for each color of polish used, so as to prevent objectionableoff-color effects. Further, the bristles soon become worn, stiff, orbent to one side and, in short time, the brush must be discarded andreplaced by another. The dauber cannot very well be used at one timewith paste polish and then used at other times with liquid polishWithout matting the bristles and otherwise destroying its usefulness.

Now, I have invented an improved polish dauber, which is of such anature that the difiiculties so commonly associated with the brush typedauber are not encountered.

A feature of my invention is that it does not include a brush, andconsequently the problem of brush matting, worn and bent bristles, andso on, does not occur.

A further feature of the invention is a resilient daubing portion, whichnot only facilitates application of polish to an article, but alsopermits the polish to be evenly spread about the article.

Another feature of the invention is a removable cloth cap covering thedaubing end, which gives to the dauber many advantages, one of which isthat the cap may be readily removed when worn and replaced by another.By this means the useful life of the dauber may be indefinitelyprolonged.

An object of the invention is, therefore, a new and improved type ofpolish applicator.

A further object of the invention is a shoe polish dauber that may beused with polishes of various shades without harming the dauber.

A still further object of the invention is a shoe polish dauber havingan applicator end covered by a removable cloth cap.

The invention further lies in the general organization and arrangementof the various elements of the dauber and in their peculiar relation toone another.

The foregoing features, objects and advantages of this invention, aswell as many others, will become apparent as this specification unfoldsin greater detail and as it is read together with the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this application.

In the drawings, wherein a preferred form of a shoe polish dauber isshown by way of illustration,

Fig. l is a side elevational view with a portion cut away;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In describing the invention in further detail, reference is directed tothe several drawings, wherein there is a shoe polish dauber having ashort handle 1, adapted to be manually gripped at one end. The handlecarries on the underside of its other end 2 a dauber head 3. The

free end, or bottom, of the head is provided with a resilient member 4,formed preferably of soft rubber and having an outer convexed surface. Acloth cap 5 covers the resilient member.

The dauber head includes a frusto conical portion 6, to the top surfaceof which the handle end 2 is secured fast by suitable means, such as ascrew 7. The base 8 of the body portion is fiat and circular, and itextends out a little from the body portion to form a shoulder 9 aroundthe latter. The resilient element 4 is of a diameter slightly greaterthan that of the base, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and it is secured tothe latter in suitable manner, preferably by glue.

The cloth cap 5, which covers the resilient portion 4, is removable, andit is in the form of a small bag having about its opening a continuouselastic 10. The cap is of a size whereby it may fit snuglyover the endof the dauber head and, when on the latter, it conforms to the convexedrounded surface of the resilient element 4. When untensioned, thecontinuous elastic 10 is of a diameter smaller than the end of thedauber head. In fitting the cap to the dauber head, the elastic isstretched to permit the end of the dauber, carrying the resilientelement 4 and the shoulder portion 9 of the base, to enter the cap. Whenreleased or allowed to contract, the elastic grips the body portion 6 ofthe dauber head just above the shoulder 9. The shoulder portion 9,extending about the base of the dauber head, serves to maintain the capdistended and tightly encompassing the resilient element 4. The shoulderalso serves to prevent the elastic element from creeping down and offthe dauber head, and thereby secures the position of the elastic andavoids sagging in the cap.

The dauber head and the handle are separate elements secured to oneanother by the fastener 7.

In using the article, the cloth covered end of the dauber head is coatedwith polish, either paste or liquid, and applied to an article, such asshoes, for polishing. In this operation the resilient element 4 is ofdecided advantage, for it yields or compresses as it is rubbed over anarticle and thereby a greater daubing surface and facilitates a uniformspreading of the polish. By having the resilient element 4 of a slightlygreater diameter than the dauber base, the edges of element 4 may alsobe used in the polish applying operation without interference by thehard base or shoulder 9 of the dauber head.

The cloth cap also has its advantages, for it is removableand, whensoiled or worn, may readily be removed and replaced by another. Use ofthe removable cloth cap has economical advantages as well, in that thelife of the dauber may be indefinitely prolonged and it may be used withall shades of polish simply by replacing the cap with another.

Above I have described and illustrated a preferred form of my invention,however, it is my intent to include Within the coverage of thisspecification all forms and modifications which may reasonably beincluded within the spirit and scope of the invention as well as withinthe reasonable interpretation of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a polish dauber comprising a manually grippable handle and a dauberhead having a frusto-conical body portion fixed at its narrow diameterend to the underside of one end of the handle; an annular shoulder projecting radially from the base end of the body portion; a resilient discof soft rubber characterized by a convexed undersurface, and furthercharacterized by a flat upper surface attached to the base end of thebody portion and projecting radially slightly beyond the periphery ofthe annular shoulder; and a removable cloth cap snugly covering over theconvexed nndersurface of the disc, having its free open end tautlyextended up and over the said shoulder, and having a continuous elasticelement about the periphery of its open end in distended engagement withthe saidbody portion just above the shoulder, whereby the cap isprevented by the shoulder from slipping free of the body portion and ismaintained snugly over the resilient disc.

UNITED STATES PATENTS Daboll Apr. 26, 1898 Dover May 28, 1918 Aste July12, 1932 Steinert Mar. 14, 1933 Goddard Feb. 5, 1935 Auten Apr. 21, 1953

